Marvel Studios maintains a tight grip on the rights to ghost rider since 2013, and despite the onslaught of rumors and speculation that floods the internet quite regularly, Kevin Feige has yet to announce if he has any plans in store for the Spirit of Vengeance, if he even has any at all.
While Nicolas Cage was the perfect casting choice on paper to play a daredevil biker who makes a deal with the devil and turns into a flame-headed bounty hunter, 2005’s ghost rider and its spooky sequel weren’t the adaptation the character’s popularity warranted, though seeing Johnny Blaze gulping down jellybeans out of a martini glass was about what we expected from the main man.
Gabriel Luna seemed ready to follow up on his well-received turn in Agents of SHIELD with a Hulu spin-off series, but that also ended up falling through the cracks. Midnight Sons chatter isn’t going anywhere either, but fans just want Ghost Rider to be as badass as he was in the 1990s The Fantastic Four animated series, which surely isn’t too much to ask.
Much like the Punisher, it took three failed attempts to bring the cult comic book hero to life before Jon Bernthal hit the nail on the head with his impressive turn. daredevil, so maybe the same will ring true for Ghost Rider. You should think it’s on its way eventually, but the fandom has now set its sweet spot that any reboot will have to live up to.